Mental health support – what are we doing about it?
03/08/2018
Late last year (2017), Healthwatch announced that it would be launching a multi-year project on mental health. Today (2 August), we have published an overview of this project and an outline of our first research phase.
Local communities across England have told us that they want to see mental health prioritised. Our new programme of work is a direct response to that. Read more
Our focus area - Maternity Mental Health
The first area we will explore is the mental health support available to new parents:
If you/and your partner are currently planning, are pregnant or have had a child in the last three years, please fill in our survey here. Alternatively, help to share our survey online and encourage others to complete it here.
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Healthwatch Mental Health briefing_An overview of our future work
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